Shahi Paneer

Shahi Paneer is most popular Indian vegetarian dish . No vegetarian party is complete without Paneer (Cottage Cheese) preparation, and Shahi Paneer is the most popular among them. I am posting this recipe on the special request from a lovely lady Subha. A new entrant in our family, she is trying her hands in kitchen and is very enthusiastic to try on new recipes.

Subha….this recipe is dedicated to you. Shahi Paneer recipe is one of the easiest Paneer recipes that can be made with minimal effort and time. Just to have all the ingredients handy.

Key ingredients of this recipe are Paneer, Tomato puree, cream nut paste. Inclusion of nut paste makes it shahi or Royal . Char maguz alon gwith cashew paste is used for this dish. Char muguz includes, dried seeds of Cucumber, Melons, pumpkin. I usually add sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and poppy seeds as well along with cashew. This paste balance the tangy taste of tomato and makes the dish naturally sweet. If you do not have the magaz, don’t worry just use cashew paste. Further, instead of packet cream. I prefer using fresh malai which is mostly available in every Indian household.

Lets cook this Royal dish.

Ingredients:

Paneer 200gm cut in cubes.

Fresh cream of thick malai (taken off from full cream milk at home)- 4 tblspn